freightliner
noun
a train for transporting containerized freight.
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Freightlinernouna goods train carrying containers that can be transferred onto lorries or ships
freightliner
American
[freyt-lahy-ner]
/ ˈfreɪtˌlaɪ nər /
noun
Chiefly British.
freightliners
plural
Freightliner
British
/ ˈfreɪtˌlaɪnə /
noun
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a goods train carrying containers that can be transferred onto lorries or ships
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(in Britain) a containerized transportation service involving both rail and road
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Medical supplies, beef jerky, electronics — he’d load anything he could into his Roadrunner freightliner, then unload it across town.
From Washington Post ● May 31, 2018
They say the freightliner was struck when the other big rig crossed the highway’s median for an unknown reason.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 24, 2017
State Police say he was a passenger in the freightliner.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 24, 2017
There has been a lot of talk about the Freightliner terminal, but they are just one of multiple landowners.
From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2026
Unincorporated Agoura — Kelly Martino stood in front of the thundering hood of a Freightliner semi-truck hauling waste from the Palisades fire, determined to block it from entering the Calabasas Landfill.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2025
Daimler, which owns Freightliner Trucks, is banking on hydrogen fuel cells as the best way to eliminate tailpipe emissions from long-haul trucks.
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2023
It then went into the parking lot and hit the back of a parked Walmart Freightliner tractor-trailer, the Florida Highway Patrol said in a release.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 8, 2022
Freightliner already operates truck production plants in North Carolina, and Volvo Trucks’ North America headquarters is based in Greensboro.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2022
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